The Bouncy Toy Company is creating new rubber bouncing balls for its spring toy line. They need to know how much rubber each of the spherical balls will hold. Each ball has a diameter of 3.5 inches. Find the volume of rubber that each ball can hold in cubic inches. Show ALL work.
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The volume of a sphere is calculated by using the formula V = 4/3πr3. To calculate the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 3.5 inches, we must first calculate the radius of the sphere. The radius of a sphere is equal to half of its diameter, so the radius of this sphere is 1.75 inches.
We can then plug the radius into the formula:
V = 4/3πr3
V = 4/3π(1.75 inches)3
V = 41.7 cubic inches
Therefore, the volume of rubber that each ball can hold in cubic inches is 41.7 cubic inches.
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